slender thread

collocation in English

meaningsofslenderandthread

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slender
adjective
uk
/ˈslen.dər/us
/ˈslen.dɚ/
thin and delicate, often in a way that ...
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thread
noun
uk
/θred/us
/θred/
(a length of) a very ...
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(Definition ofslenderandthreadfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofslender thread

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There have been complaints that even theslenderthreadthat still remains should not be allowed to remain; that it is hardly fair to shopkeepers who have lock-up shops.
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Unfortunately, at the time it was introduced, it was almost immediately redundant, and hung by aslenderthreadfor years thereafter.
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With one out of action or subject to restrictions in its working then the town's normal existence is hanging on aslenderthreadindeed.
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Certainly in these circumstances it seems a veryslenderthreadon which to hang the serious criticisms which follow in paragraph 11.
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Then follows a moreslenderthreadmore finely beaded.
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The mine has the form of aslenderthread, its early part filled with black frass.
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Theslenderthreadis about to be cut by the scissors in her other hand.
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The umbilicus is bounded by aslenderthread.
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The grooves between the spiral cords are marked by slender threads corresponding to the axial ribs.
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They remind us of the slender threads on which our past hangs.
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